This Week I Learned - Week #184

This Week I Learned -

* You can use temporal tables to track the full history of data changes directly in Azure SQL Database, without the need for custom coding.

The insurance company ICICI Lombard uses Azure for its key applications

Visual Studio Code is a source code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS. It is free and open-source, although the official download is under a proprietary license. Visual Studio Code is based on Electron, a framework which is used to deploy Node.js applications for the desktop running on Blink layout engine.

* Presentations including Data Science Summit 2016 Data Science for Absolutely Everybody from the inaugural edition of Microsoft Machine Learning & Data Science Summit 2016 are on Channel 9

You can leverage 20 Cognitive Services APIs services in conjunction with the Microsoft Bot Framework to build an intelligent assistant.

R and ML are built into SQL Server 2016

The Data Science VM is pre-loaded with deep learning toolkits

The course schedule for Microsoft Professional Program Certificate in Data Science is now available

* It is possible to embed just the Amazon book reviews in a web page

Airport-data.com has a JSON API offering aircraft thumbnails & airport info

In fine dining, a Michelin star is commonly seen as the ultimate certification that a restaurant meets a particular standard of excellence...chefs complain that Michelin prioritizes “consistency,” which means that Michelin-starred chefs must forgo the opportunity to experiment. In addition, Michelin expects restaurants to maintain certain standards of decor, a long menu, a well-stocked wine cellar, and a large staff, all of which can be ruinously expensive. As a result, restaurants can feel that the increased demand attracted by Michelin stars is not worth the additional expenses and constraints, and some have even gone as far as returning their starsHBR.org

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